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United Kingdom by Helen Brewer, Published in June 2021 United Kingdom by Helen Brewer, published in June 2021 Basic Data The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Current population data for the UK in 2020 was 67.9 million. Government and Geography The UK is a constitutional monarchy and governed by a parliamentary democracy. The head of state and the Commonwealth realms is Queen Elizabeth II. The current head of government is Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party. Within Parliament, there is an elected House of Commons (lower house, 650 seats) which consist of representative members voted in by the public and a non-elected House of Lords (upper house, 800 seats) whose members are made by appointment, heredity or official function. The House of Lords debates, reviews and amends bills that have been approved by the House of Commons. It is unable to prevent Bills from passing into law, except in specific circumstances, but it can delay and force the House of Commons to reconsider its decision[1]. A snap election in December 2019 produced a majority 365-seat government for the centre-right Conservative Party. In turn, the main opposition, the Labour Party won 202 seats and smaller parties such as the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats winning the remaining 83. The next election is expected in 2024[2]. Within the UK, each country besides England operates a devolved administration which serve their own minority governments. In Northern Ireland, the Good Friday agreement of 1998 led to a new assembly with devolved powers.[3] While, powers devolved to Scotland and Wales in 1999 in response to the highly centralised nature of Parliament in England. As a result some government policies and public services are different from those in England. However, when it comes to matters of national policy such as foreign affairs, defence, social security, trade etc. these remain the responsibility of the UK government. UK Parliament may pass legislation for any part of the UK including devolved matters when there is agreement from the devolved governments.[4] The UK consists of the island of Great Britain which includes England, Wales and Scotland and the British Isles which consist of various islands which lie off the coast of Great Britain. Located in North-Western Europe, the UK is surrounded by the English Channel, the North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. The UK also has sovereignty over 14 British Overseas Territories, leftover from the Empire, they are: Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turk and Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Island, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus. The Crown Dependencies are not part of the United Kingdom but are internally self-governing dependencies of the Commonwealth. The Crown Dependencies are the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.[5] Economy, History and Legislation Overview In the wake of the 2007 and 2008 financial crisis which saw the majority of the world descend into an economic recession, the UK experienced high public debt and economic decline. In response, damaging and widespread cuts to social support, public services and government services, like spending on the police, courts and prisons and an increase in taxes solidified the “age of austerity”. The term was popularised by the then-Prime Minister David Cameron as a part of a 5 year plan to eliminate the UK’s fiscal deficit. This contributed to rising social and economic inequality, as it included cuts to welfare spending, the cancellation of school building programs, cuts to local government funding, and an increase in VAT to 20%. The disproportionate impacts of austerity are still felt today and have fallen on the shoulders of low-income and migrant communities, specifically, women, children, the elderly and people living with disabilities. The results have been an increase in unemployment and homelessness, a reliance on food banks and charitable services, closure of libraries and domestic violence refuges, cuts to social care for the elderly and to the National Health Service (NHS).[6] The human cost of austerity has been huge. According to Philip Alston the UN Special Rapporteur, “The imposition of austerity was an ideological project designed to radically reshape the relationship between the Government and the citizenry”, this has meant, “UK standards of well-being have descended precipitately in a remarkably short period of time, as a result of deliberate policy choices made when many other options were available.”[7] In June 2016, the UK held a Referendum and voted to leave the European Union (EU) which it was a member of since 1973. Officially leaving the single market and customs union in January 2021, the results are expected to dominate the UK policy agenda for some time, raising questions and uncertainty around the UK’s role and influence in Europe and globally. The extensive deal made over several years-worth of tense negotiations came into effect at the end of 31 December 2020, key points include: tariff- and quota-free trade between the UK and EU; and visas for UK nationals who stay more than 90 days in the EU in a 180-day period.[8] The UK faces the urgency of managing both the economic impact and uncertainty from Brexit and its departure from the EU and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Since March 2020, the coronavirus has dominated political and economic decision-making, according to a recent [April 9 2021] House of Commons Research Briefing: “The magnitude of the recession caused by the pandemic is unprecedented in modern times. GDP declined by 9.8% in 2020, the steepest drop since consistent records began in 1948.”[9] The UK government responded with numerous policy and support measures to mitigate the economic impact on businesses, workers and the wider public. However, coupled with the aftermath of austerity, increased unemployment, restricted mobility, the disintegrating state infrastructure and social services, and the results from Brexit, it is clear the effects will remain lasting on the population. The British Empire The violent legacies resulting from conquest and expansion which defines the history of the British empire cannot be fully covered here. However, this section attempts to provide key historical understandings for the contemporary nature of the UK border regime, by laying out the context in which the empire sought to re- map the world, by establishing territorial boundaries and borders to demarcate ownership and influence. The British empire lasted more than two centuries and was the largest in history, at its height the empire encompassed almost a quarter of the world’s landmass. Imperial expansion occurred through the forced displacement, enslavement and the violent extermination of peoples, languages and cultures all over the world. Through settler colonisation, Britain brought famine, disease and death to so- called Australia, the Americas, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Rhodesia and Kenya. The transportation and establishment of penal colonies on these indigenous lands relied on ‘convict’ labour, brought about by the criminalisation of the poor and early practices of deportation. Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade from the 18th to 19th centuries propelled its vast accumulation of wealth and power. The empire continued the legacies of the Portuguese from the 16th century, by partaking in the forced brutal enslavement and transportation of millions of West Africans to work on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas. Slavery and indentured labour were critical to building the empire in the colonies and at home. Indentured labour practices were imposed following the abolition of slavery in 1834, and were seen most widely in India, where more than 1 million Indians were forcibly transported via the East India Company to work on sugar, cotton and tea plantations; and rail construction projects in Africa, West Indies and South East Asia. However, it is crucial to remember that uprisings against the British Empire through resistance, rebellion and as a consequence, repression were continual occurrences during this period. According to historian Richard Gott, what’s often missing from the historical recounting of the British Empire, are the stories “that make nonsense of the accepted imperial version of what went on”, for Gott, “focusing on resistance has been a way of challenging not just the traditional, self-satisfied view of empire, but also the customary depiction of the colonised as victims, lacking in agency or political will.”[10] Techniques of social control such as policing, incarceration and segregation were exercised and honed in the colonies. They acted as models for deploying methods of repression against the British population within the British state. Connor Woodman calls this the ‘imperial boomerang effect’ and “refers to the way in which imperialism is turned inwards, used against outcasts, rebels and minorities residing in the imperial metropolis itself.”[11] Beginning in the early the 20th century, new policy and legislative acts brought about changes to the control and management of Britain’s borders. Questions of “who is British and who isn’t”, “who is desirable and who is undesirable” dominated the political agenda and can be seen in the following acts: Aliens Act 1905 The Aliens Act of 1905 was the first piece of modern legislature employed to regulate and control immigration into Britain. Designed to prevent criminals and those of low social class from entering the UK, its underlying objective was to control Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe. The act has since been repealed, but paved the way for divisions between the so-called “national” and the “alien”, contributing to rising anti-Semitism and sowing the idea that immigrants were responsible for job scarcity and unemployment.
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